September 10, 2024
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant to establish the Allen Discovery Center for Neurobiology in Changing Environments. The center’s goal will be to understand how climate change may impact the nervous systems and behavior…
January 16, 2020
…are remarkably similar in chemistry and constitution. “We want to connect the dots of milk compositions to improve overall health in several species, and elephants are a great foot in the door,” said Bode. A very big door, indeed. Formula for Success The collaboration between Safari Park and UC San…
March 17, 2022
…to fingerprint the unique chemistry of these sediments and assess DDT uptake, accumulation, and trophic transfer. Microbiologists will analyze samples collected in prior expeditions to assess the roles of microbes in degrading DDT and explore microbiological remediation strategies. Scripps researchers aboard the Research Vessel Sally Ride deploy the REMUS 6000…
September 26, 2024
Excitement is high on campus as today marks the first day of classes at UC San Diego. We spoke with several of UC San Diego’s newest Tritons about why they chose UC San Diego, what inspired them to choose their major and their advice for prospective students.
February 18, 2021
…They gave her a chemistry set and a telescope and got her a subscription to ‘Scientific American.’ She was an avid stamp collector. Sally started collecting Olympic stamps during a European trip with her family when she was 9. In her teens, she focused on stamps honoring space explorers. She…
June 5, 2013
When the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of San Diego, California, debuted Gordon early last year, the system’s architects envisioned that its innovative features – such as the first large-scale deployment of flash storage (300 terabytes) in a high-performance computer – would open the door to new…
August 27, 2024
To date in 2024, eight early-career researchers at the University of California San Diego have received awards from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), furthering their work to solve pressing issues impacting today’s world.
May 20, 2016
The National Microbiome Initiative is one of many large-scale global and national research programs that UC San Diego has played a key role in developing. Two months before the historic climate negotiations held in December in Paris, for example, a smaller group of climate experts and politicians gathered at Scripps…
June 2, 2020
Located just 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, the University of California San Diego is a critical partner in supporting a binational response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC San Diego and Mexico have forged strong partnerships that have proven to be lifesaving in this time of need.
October 31, 2024
From supporting the health of our youngest patients, to driving innovative research and education in business, finance and biotechnology, to ensuring library resources for generations to come, UC San Diego’s 2025 Chancellor’s Medal and Lifetime Legacy Award honorees are making a remarkable impact on the world around us. The campus…
